Creative Disturbance

About the Episode This is a deep dive discussion of the paper, "Emerging Words that Matter: Data Analytics Creates Meaning", generated using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (courtesy: https://notebooklm.google.com) This white paper explores the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to analyze text data, specifically in the context of the concept of "Emergence". NLP allows us to extract meaning, sentiment, and emotions from text, making it possible to understand how people define and discuss emergence further. The research uses word clouds, sentiment analysis, and emotion analysis to uncover patterns and trends, providing a deeper understanding of this complex concept. The expected findings include visual representations and insights into how emergence is understood and how these perceptions have changed over time. Eventually, this will provide us with emergent patterns from various domains such as healthcare, retail, social media etc. Emergent patterns help businesses predict upcoming trends s

About The Episode This is a discussion about the paper, "Harnessing Soccer Team Dynamics for ArtSciLab Excellence", generated using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (courtesy: https://notebooklm.google.com). The white paper answers the question: What are the key parallels between soccer team dynamics and research lab operations, and how can those principles be applied to improve the ArtSciLab? This white paper argues that the principles of soccer team dynamics can be applied to improve the functioning of a multidisciplinary research lab, the ArtSciLab. The paper proposes that by adopting the qualities of successful soccer teams, such as teamwork, communication, and adaptability, the ArtSciLab can enhance its productivity, collaboration, and innovation. It outlines specific strategies to achieve this goal, including defining clear roles and responsibilities, implementing effective leadership styles, fostering a culture of continuous training and development, and measuring performance through key performance in

A discussion between Roger Malina and Thom Kubli

Swiss artist and composer Thom Kubli recounts a trek into the Amazon to record the environs in a conversation spanning the topics of sonic thought, shamanism and the split between nature and the technological intervention of humanity.  About our speaker:  Thom Kubli works as an artist and composer in Berlin. His practice is multidisciplinary, blending elements of composition, sculpture, and conceptual approaches. His installation pieces oscillate between spectacle and contemplation, exploring the social implications of physical space and virtual presence. Kubli often collaborates with scientific institutions like the MIT Media Lab or the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to devise new technologies and materials. His performances and installations have been shown internationally, amongst others at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, Ars Electronica, Linz, Transmediale, Berlin, Eyebeam, NYC, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, FILE, São Paulo, LABoral, Spain, and in numerous art galleries. His compositio

Evan Acuna discusses new trends in the career landscape and how students can prepare themselves for their jobhunt with Jennifer Lynch, a consultant for the University of Texas at Dallas Career Center. 

Join Roger Malina and Oskar Olsson for a call with Ben Evans to discuss his work with virtual reality museum experiences and the positive aftermaths of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Join CEO of Neuro Rehab VR Veena Somareddy, Evan Acuna and Roger Malina for a discussion on her work merging healthcare and virtual reality in the field of physical rehabilitation.  About our guest:  Veena Somareddy is the CEO of Neuro Rehab VR, a VR healthcare start-up aimed at building virtual reality therapy exercises for rehabilitation. Her accolades include being recognized as a Top Innovator in North Texas, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas honoree, and featured in Forbes and Cosmopolitan. She is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant and one of the 10 start-ups chosen to participate in the first Amazon Healthcare Accelerator. Using her many years of research and development experience in VR and AR she is helping to connect technology and healthcare to enhance patient care and rehabilitation outcomes greatly.

The open-door policy of the lab sparks a conversation between medical student Jabez Abraham and Roger Malina on ethics and discipline.  About our guest: Jabez was originally born in India and moved to the US at a very young age. He is currently pursuing a degree that would allow him to work in the medical field. He loves to share ideas and discuss them with others.

Join the Creative Disturbance team for a Watering Hole, a weekly open-door meeting in the lab for discussion of a wide range of topics related to the arts and sciences.  Guest speakers include Carie S. Tucker King, Antonia Moran, Chris Lee, Eric Fulbright, Kody Neinast, Jennifer Lynch, Veena Somareddy, and Jabez Abraham. 

Oskar Olsson and Eric Fulbright further discuss Eric's interactive art piece Doors of Delusion, which revolves around the themes of grief and sensation.  Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson. 

Join ArtScilab artist in residence Eric Fulbright and astrophysicist Roger Malina for a conversation on Eric's new piece exploring grief and the senses.  Recorded and edited by Oskar Olsson.

Join Creative Disturbance with UTD Director of Rhetoric Carie S. Tucker King and playwright George Morgan for a discussion on the evolution of insulin research, current events and the importance of a relationship between creativity and the sciences. 

Artist Olia Fedorova lives and is sheltering in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv, 40 kilometers from the border with Russia. She shares stories about day to day life during wartime, reflects on how the meaning of her art is changing since the invasion and her views on Russian culture and imperialism.

Elena Subach and Viachelslav talk about the Russian invasion of their country and the impact of the war on their life and practice from the Western edge of Ukraine where they are volunteering to help refugees flee into neighboring Central European countries.

Aida Sulova (KGZ) talks with Janeil Engelstad about her recent exhibition "News From Central Asia," organized for The Jewelry Library in NYC and her practice building communities and planting seeds for social change in Kyrgyzstan and the US.  

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Steven began the session by tying it back to an earlier presentation of his Expanded Diagram Project. One of his aspirations of that still ongoing study is to transcend the overly constrained, largely western-based categories of contemporary art by illuminating specific kinds of creative processes that span a wide range of historical and contemporary world cultures and practices. From there he turned to yet another multi-media project called the Exurban Archipelago Project which focuses on the rapidly expanding networks of distribution/fulfillment centers populating the exurban fringes of so many metropolitan areas around the world. The final portion of the talk focused on his recent exhibitions and current studio activities including his Never the Same Space Twice series of paintings that he plans to contribute to the upcoming SMRN conference and exhibition in Vancouver.Steven began the session by tying it back to an earlier presentation of his Expanded Diagram Project. One of his aspirations of that still o